"Brynne, that's Kate. You're in denial sweetie. I knew this wasn't a good idea." Her father said, running a hand through her hair.

"No I'm not!" Brynne yelled, frustratedly. "That's not Kate and I can prove it!"

Brynne pushed herself away from him, and went over to Kate's body. She pushed up the cloth, just to show her right hip. Lifting up her own shirt, she pointed to her left hip, at half of a butterfly tattoo, above her pants.

"See?" Tears of joy ran down her cheeks. "Remember Dad? Remember Kate spent three hours convincing you to let me get a tattoo for my 16th?"

Brynne's father's eyes widened, as the memory came flooding back. He turned around, to Abby. "Kate. She had a butterfly tattoo, just like Brynne's. This woman... She doesn't have a tattoo. That isn't my sister."

Abby's own eyes were wide, while she remembered her own memory of Kate complaining about how annoying it was, and asking how she did it. Abby walked closer, and saw the woman's bare hip. She turned to Ducky. "Duck, this isn't Kate!"

Ducky turned, buried in his own thoughts. He made his way over to the computer, and he pulled up Kate's NCIS profile. He scrolled down, until he found what he was looking for. "Tattoos:" he read off the screen, "butterfly, right hip." His mouth fell open, and turned around. How did he miss that?

"Ducky did you-" Gibbs walked in, Tony and McGee behind him. "what the hell is going on in here?"

"Jethro, we've made a terrible mistake -"

"Gibbs, Kate's not dead!" Abby cried happily. She jumped on him, giving him a tight hug.

Gibbs stared down in shock at Abby. Once he recovered, and Abby let go, he pointed at the corpse on the table. "That's Kate. We both saw her die. " he said, almost angrily.

"She doesn't have a butterfly tattoo, Gibbs! She even noted the tattoo in her file! Remember, that's how you new her tattoo wasn't a rose!" Abby said, excitedly.

Tony's mouth hung open. "What?"

Brynne stepped forward, out of her father's embrace. "Aunt Kate took me to get a tattoo on my 16th, two years ago. She got a matching one, on her right hip."

Tony's eyes widened. "So, Kate's not dead?"

"No Tony!" Abby lept with joy onto McGee.

"Well then where is she?" Tony asked, silently.